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Author : Samuel Blachley Webb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb written by Samuel Blachley Webb and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Blachley Webb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb written by Samuel Blachley Webb and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Blachley Webb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb written by Samuel Blachley Webb and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Blachley Webb
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb written by Samuel Blachley Webb and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Blachley Webb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb written by Samuel Blachley Webb and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Blachley Webb
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb written by Samuel Blachley Webb and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Blachley Webb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Family Letters of Samuel Blachley Webb, 1764-1807 written by Samuel Blachley Webb and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Cressy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019969575X
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Saltpeter written by David Cressy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the science, the technology, the politics and the military applications of saltpeter - the vital but mysterious substance that governments from the Tudors to the Victorians regarded as an 'inestimable treasure'.
Author : Rick Atkinson
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1627790446
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)
Download or read book The British Are Coming written by Rick Atkinson and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world’s most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of our country’s creation drama.
Author : Walter R. Borneman
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316221015
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book American Spring written by Walter R. Borneman and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant look at the American Revolution's first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British Army. American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775. Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation.
Author : Charles P. Neimeyer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313027331
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Revolutionary War written by Charles P. Neimeyer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly everyone in the U.S. has studied the Revolutionary War. Too often, however, historians of the Revolution focus on the activity of the army without noticing what was taking place inside the army. Making liberal use of diaries and correspondence by the soldiers and their families, Charles P. Neimeyer tells the stories of the men and women who fought for the young country's independence. Sometimes starting off as rag-tag groups of men shooting off their muskets at geese just for the thrill of the sound, the soldiers became more disciplined and focused. The army recruited a significant number of African American soldiers, who fought side by side with whites. Women also fought and served in the army, either masquerading as male soldiers or providing support for army operations in camp and on the march. Suffering through times of numbing cold and starvation where men boiled their shoes for food, the sheer perseverance of the soldiers in the ranks ultimately won the war for independence. Presenting stories from letters and diaries of the men and women of the time, this volume reveals the stories of fear, exhaustion, hard work, grief, and exhilaration of the people in the camps and on the march. Highlights include: ; Recruitment, which included just about any healthy man willing to serve, including immigrants and enemy POWs ; General Washington's attempts to create a model, respectable army ; Attempts at medical treatment, and the ravages of smallpox, which left men dying at makeshift hospitals ; African American soldiers in the War ; Women's contributions to war efforts, whether in disguise as soldiers, or in filling in for husbands killed in battle ; Daily life in the camp: the monotony, the lack of food and supplies, drinking, sleeping in huts and out in the open, games, letter writing and religious observations ; The failure to fairly pay the soldiers as they mustered out of service The book also includes a timeline that puts dates and events in better perspective; a comprehensive, topically arranged bibliography; and a thorough index.
Author : John Buchanan
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470318244
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Road to Valley Forge written by John Buchanan and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaim for The Road to Valley Forge "Buchanan is a master of the historical narrative . . . a host of new insights into George Washington as a leader of men." -Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty!: The American Revolution "The Road to Valley Forge is an effective operational history, clearly written, judicious in its judgments and based on a careful look at the war from both sides." -Jeremy Black, author of War for America: The Fight for Independence, 1775--1783 "John Buchanan skillfully guides us through 1776 and 1777, the two most critical years of the Revolutionary War for George Washington as commander in chief. With a gift for finding the apt quotation and the telling anecdote, the author traces the growth of Washington as a commanding general and the professional development of the Continental Army." -Don Higginbotham, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Road to Valley Forge tells the whole story of Washington's growth from inexperienced backwoods general to true Commander in Chief of a professional fighting force. This warts-and-all portrait of America's greatest hero reveals a courageous and intelligent man struggling desperately to learn from his mistakes, forge a motley assortment of militiamen into a real army, and demonstrate to all of his fellow Americans that they could, indeed, become masters of their own destiny.
Author : Samuel B. Webb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780405011559
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb written by Samuel B. Webb and published by . This book was released on 1969-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Hackett Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199756678
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Washington's Crossing written by David Hackett Fischer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A second battle of Trenton followed within days. The Americans held off a counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then were almost trapped by the British force. Under cover of night, Washington's men stole behind the enemy and struck them again, defeating a brigade at Princeton. The British were badly shaken. In twelve weeks of winter fighting, their army suffered severe damage, their hold on New Jersey was broken, and their strategy was ruined. Fischer's richly textured narrative reveals the crucial role of contingency in these events. We see how the campaign unfolded in a sequence of difficult choices by many actors, from generals to civilians, on both sides. While British and German forces remained rigid and hierarchical, Americans evolved an open and flexible system that was fundamental to their success. The startling success of Washington and his compatriots not only saved the faltering American Revolution, but helped to give it new meaning.
Author : Marvin Kitman
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802196608
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Making of the Prefident 1789 written by Marvin Kitman and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “witty, funny and hysterically silly” political parody that dares to take on the Mount Vernon Machine (The New York Times). Lampooning the modern “campaign insider” books, this book asks: “How is it possible that a man with no military experience becomes a general? He loses more battles than he wins and becomes a war hero? He has absolutely no political opinions in the most sophisticated intellectual period of our history? He has no ambitions, and he wins?” Through careful research, and with plenty of laughs—as well as a foreword by John Cleese—journalist Marvin Kitman exposes George Washington’s weaknesses for social climbing and high-stakes whist, not to mention his relationships with the Founding Girlfriends. “Hilarious . . . Will entertain and fascinate even those who think they hate history.” —Houston Chronicle
Author : Sven Beckert
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231546068
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book American Capitalism written by Sven Beckert and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has long epitomized capitalism. From its enterprising shopkeepers, wildcat banks, violent slave plantations, huge industrial working class, and raucous commodities trade to its world-spanning multinationals, its massive factories, and the centripetal power of New York in the world of finance, America has come to symbolize capitalism for two centuries and more. But an understanding of the history of American capitalism is as elusive as it is urgent. What does it mean to make capitalism a subject of historical inquiry? What is its potential across multiple disciplines, alongside different methodologies, and in a range of geographic and chronological settings? And how does a focus on capitalism change our understanding of American history? American Capitalism presents a sampling of cutting-edge research from prominent scholars. These broad-minded and rigorous essays venture new angles on finance, debt, and credit; women’s rights; slavery and political economy; the racialization of capitalism; labor beyond industrial wage workers; and the production of knowledge, including the idea of the economy, among other topics. Together, the essays suggest emerging themes in the field: a fascination with capitalism as it is made by political authority, how it is claimed and contested by participants, how it spreads across the globe, and how it can be reconceptualized without being universalized. A major statement for a wide-open field, this book demonstrates the breadth and scope of the work that the history of capitalism can provoke.
Author : Charles Patrick Neimeyer
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814757820
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book America Goes to War written by Charles Patrick Neimeyer and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neimeyer for the first time reveals who really served in the army during the Revolution and why. His conclusions are startling. The long-termed Continental soldiers were not those whom historians have traditionally associated with the defense of liberty.
